OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221593775
155014 - EDWARDS WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
LAURINBURG, NC—
Event description
Employee is killed when pulled into unscrambler machine
Investigation abstract
On August 23, 2023, an employee was troubleshooting an unscrambler machine malfunction. The employee walked around to the bottom of the support frame of the machine, near two parallel drive chains. A coworker restarted the machine, and the employee was pulled into the machine by the drive chains. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
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